Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 295

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?”

A music show is on TV.

It’s a rebroadcast of an old one.

Maybe because tomorrow is White Day [a holiday in some East Asian countries where people who received gifts on Valentine’s Day reciprocate], they’re playing a lot of sweet songs.

The reason I’m watching this is because a very cute doll is on.

-Marshmallow! Marshmallow! I love it grilled~

The marshmallow character is dancing with the singer.

Wow, what year is that song from? It’s a real throwback.

-Marshmallow! Marshmallow! It’s so sweet when grilled~

“Hyung!!! Marshmallow, what’s that? Dance!”

“Marshmallow is something you eat, like a sweet candy? It’s like cotton candy.”

“Really?! Mashiseo [delicious]?”

“Yeah. It’s even better when grilled.”

“Siha wants to eat.”

Siha’s eyes sparkled.

I was planning to go to the mart anyway, so I could buy marshmallows then.

Today, I’m thinking of repaying the Valentine’s Day gifts with bread.

I thought about giving candy, but I don’t really eat candy myself.

So I decided to give something that everyone would like.

“Then let’s go out. We’re going to make bread today.”

“Bread?”

“Yeah. We’re going to make bread with rice flour. Siha has to help a lot. Got it?”

“Ah ah. Siha good!”

“You haven’t even done it before?”

“No. Siha good.”

“???”

Well, Siha is the younger brother of a hyung [older brother or male friend] who is good at everything, so of course he’ll be good.

That must be the logic.

So I didn’t bother asking.

I felt like I would be embarrassed if that kind of answer came out.

“Then let’s go to the mart, gogo [let’s go]!”

“Gogo!”

Siha raised his right hand in a fist.

I put my hand on Siha’s fist and naturally pulled him along.

“Ah?”

“You didn’t wave your fist in the air for this?”

“Maja [right]! Siha arasseo [understood].”

“Pfft.”

We went to the mart, enjoyed drifting with the cart, bought rice flour for making bread, bought marshmallows, and returned home.

I just went grocery shopping, but I don’t know why I’m so tired.

What is it? Why?

“Hyung. Siha wants to eat marshmallow!”

“Huh? Ah! Just a minute.”

I took out a bag of marshmallows and put one in Siha’s mouth.

Of course, in my mouth too.

The fluffy texture and sweetness spread in my mouth.

It’s not a food I eat often, but Siha seems to like it.

“Marshmallow~! Marshmallow~! I love it grilled~”

“It’s delicious when grilled.”

“Hyung. Grill. Grill.”

“I knew you’d say that.”

I bought wooden skewers that I don’t know where I’ll use in the future.

It would be nice if they sold just one, but it wasn’t easy.

I unnecessarily bought a personal brazier today. I vowed to make cheese fondue someday. I vowed and vowed.

“Siha, it’s dangerous here, so stay back. I’m lighting the fire.”

“Arasseo [okay].”

Siha stuck to the wall far away.

You don’t have to go that far?

“Don’t play with fire when hyung is not here. Got it? It hurts.”

“Fire hurts, big trouble. Big trouble. 119 ajji [firefighter] comes and says, ‘Inoom [you rascal]!’”

“Pfft. ‘Inoom!’ you say? Have you heard it before?”

“Siha chakae [good boy], so I haven’t heard it.”

“Oh my. Siha is good, so you haven’t heard it.”

I lit the solid fuel.

A small fire started on the table.

Siha’s eyes widened as if he was amazed.

“Hyung. Pink jelly is on fire.”

“This is solid fuel, so it burns. You have to be careful because you can’t eat this.”

I quickly cleared away anything dangerous, just in case.

I skewered a marshmallow on a wooden skewer and grilled it over the small fire.

“Tada. You grill it like this and eat it. Do you want to try it, Siha?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha grilled the marshmallow.

He waited until it was golden brown, blew on it, and put it in his mouth.

“!!!”

“It’s delicious, right?”

“Why is this mashiseo [delicious]?”

“Pfft. Well. If you ask me that, I can only say that it’s more delicious because it’s grilled, right?”

“More mashiseo [delicious]. Amazing! Why more mashiseo [delicious]?”

Siha, who was so amazed, grilled and ate four more marshmallows and then stopped.

I guess he can’t eat too much because it’s too sweet.

“Hyung. Not turn off fire?”

“Huh? Ah! It’ll burn out quickly later if I just leave it a little. Let’s put the brazier somewhere else now.”

“Ah ah.”

After roughly cleaning up, I prepared to make bread.

Croissants made with rice.

The reason I chose rice instead of wheat is because Seo Soo-hyun or Alisa might be on a diet.

I heard somewhere that rice is better than wheat.

Especially for a diet? Anyway.

Actually, Alisa is far from dieting, but I received kimchi fried rice last time, so I should repay her with rice.

It’s said that less butter goes into it than wheat, so…….

“Hyung will knead the dough, so Siha, call Baek Dong on the phone and bring him here.”

“Arasseo [okay]!”

“Do you know how?”

“Siha ara [knows].”

There is one oven at home, but I needed another one because I was going to make a lot.

I decided to borrow a mini oven from Baek Dong-hwan.

He’s usually quick to come, but he’s slow today.

Siha called Baek Dong-hwan on my phone.

I started kneading the dough in the meantime.

「Yes! Hyung-nim [term of respect for an older male]!」

“Baek Dong hyung [older brother/friend]!”

「Oh! Siha-ya. Where’s hyung [older brother/friend]?」

“Hyung knead taesseo [finished].”

Siha-ya. Hyung became dough, what does that mean!

「Ah ha. You’re kneading. Are you waiting for me? Hahaha!」

“Maja [right]. Oven gajigo oraesseo [bring it].”

「Hehehe. I expected it. Then if Siha answers the question correctly, I’ll bring the oven down right away.」

“Moya [what]?”

「What kind of money does grandpa like the most?」

It seems like he’s going to give a nonsense quiz. What era is that gag from? Can Lee Siha really get it right?

“Halmuni [grandma]!”

「Huh? How did you know?!」

“Halmuni jeil bissa [grandma is the most expensive].”

It seems that ‘hal-muni’ is the correct answer, but Siha is talking about the 50,000 won Shin Saimdang [a famous Korean figure on the 50,000 won bill], so he seems to have guessed it by chance.

Baek Dong-hwan realized that too, and was flustered, saying, ‘Huh? This isn’t it?’

He probably didn’t expect to get it right so quickly.

Rather than seeing it as a lucky guess, it could be said that the question and answer were bad.

“Baek Dong hyung [older brother/friend]. Hurry come. Siha secret code question naelkke [will ask].”

「Ah, wait! I asked the question so I wouldn’t have to guess that!」

“Hurry! Hurry!”

It seems that he wanted to tell him to open the door normally if Siha couldn’t answer the question.

I guess it’s difficult to have to say the password every day.

Click.

Siha hung up the phone.

Maybe Baek Dong-hwan will have to answer the question again today.

“Hyung. Baek Dong hyung ondae [is coming]!”

“Yeah. Hyung heard it because it was on speakerphone.”

“Hyung. Taedaehae [amazing]!”

“???”

You just want to say I’m amazing no matter what I do, right? Is that right?

Ding-dong-

The bell rang.

Siha ran excitedly to the front door with a hot [excited]!

“Who is it?”

“It’s Baek Dong hyung [older brother/friend].”

“Baek Dong hyunginji eotteoke arayeo [how do you know]?”

“Can’t you tell by hearing the voice?”

“Maybe wolf. Baek Dong hyung do other voice jal naeyeo [is good at].”

It seems like he’s talking about the wolf in the story of the Sun and the Moon [a Korean folktale].

The one who says, ‘If you give me a rice cake, I won’t eat you?’

“I came to give you the oven, shouldn’t you open it?”

“Baek Dong hyung majayeo [is it really you]?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“Geureom bihaenggi tal ttae sinbal beoseoyo [do you take off your shoes], An beoseoyo [or not]?”

“I don’t take it off.”

“Anya [no]. Baek Dong hyung beonneun taesseo [took them off].”

“I’m sorry! That was a lie! Siha, you have a really long memory!”

“Anya [no]. Beoseoya haeyeo [you have to take them off].”

“Siha kkorajirani [what a mess]…….”

I burst out laughing at the words Siha kkoraji [Siha’s behavior].

Ah, it’s so funny. What’s Siha kkoraji [Siha’s behavior].

“Next question naeyeo [I’ll ask]~”

“Open it. Please.”

“Keitiekseu tal ttae sinbal beoseoyo [do you take off your shoes], An beoseoyo [or not]?”

“I take it off!”

“Anya [no]. An beoseoyo [you don’t]. Baek Dong hyung anieyeo [it’s not you]?”

“I was wrong. Really! When was that!”

The train was on December 31st, probably. It’s been more than two months already.

Your karma is deep. Baek Dong-hwan.

“Last questionieyo [question]. Jalmothaesseoyo [did you do wrong]. An jalmothaesseoyo [or not]?”

“I was wrong.”

“Hyung. Baek Dong hyung wasseo [is here]. Yeoreojeo [open it].”

“In the end, you’re not going to open it.”

I opened the door.

I was surprised because he was holding a large box for a mini oven.

“Isn’t it mini?”

“Isn’t it mini compared to my body?”

Anything becomes mini if you hold it…….

***

After kneading, fold three times. You have to repeat that four times.

Making bread takes longer than I thought. While I was waiting for it to ferment, I opened the box and looked at the oven.

It was definitely mini.

“There are a lot of miscellaneous things in here.”

“What do you mean miscellaneous!”

“Why is there a toy oven in here?”

“An acquaintance was going to throw away a toy, and they said anyone who needed it could take it, so I quickly grabbed one.”

“Do you play with ovens?”

It’s a toy that Hana would like.

Of course, Siha can play with it too, but I don’t think he’ll play with it often.

“Anyway, thank you. Siha-ya. Baek Dong hyung brought an oven toy.”

“This is fake. Can’t bake bread.”

“That’s right.”

It would be a big problem if you played with a real oven, wouldn’t it?

Baek Dong-hwan looked disappointed.

“I worked hard to get it! For Siha!”

“Baek Dong hyung. Gomaeo [thank you]. Siha secret base halke [will make].”

“Not making bread, but a secret base?”

“Maja [right]. This is secret base. Ppiyaki hides here.”

Siha put the Tamagotchi in the oven.

Now Ppiyaki is not a chick but a chicken.

It’s all grown up.

It’s worth feeding and cleaning up poop diligently.

“Ppiyaki ta keosseo [all grown up].”

“It became a chicken, right?”

“Name is Ppiyaki.”

“If you make this oven a secret base, won’t it become chicken? Baked.”

“!!!”

That’s what I imagined but couldn’t bring myself to say.

Siha looked at Baek Dong-hwan with eyes that said, ‘How can you say such harsh things?’

He seems shocked.

“Baek Dong hyung nappa [bad].”

“No. I’m just saying.”

While the two were bickering, I asked.

“Are you going to stay here?”

“Wow. Are you trying to send me away?”

“No. Well. I still have to do the repetitive work.”

“It’s break time now. I want to sleep here.”

“Just go. Please.”

“You’re too much.”

“If you sleep here, it’s too small for us to sleep.”

Siha nodded as if what I said was right.

Baek Dong-hwan has an unfair expression.

It’s true that it looks cramped when you lie down…….

To make an analogy, it’s like realizing that the size of a house without furniture is different from the size of a house with furniture.

“Play with Siha a little. It’s hard for Siha to help make bread, so he’s bored.”

“Hyung. Siha do bread an mandeureo [not make]?”

“Hmm. Later, when the bread is all baked, will Siha put chocolate on it?”

“Ah ah!”

I’m going to put chocolate on half of the croissant because I’m going to give it to the daycare kids too.

It’s delicious when you put chocolate on it. It’s also sweet.

But it’s really difficult because it takes so long to ferment.

“Baek Dong hyung. Mo hago nokka [what to play]?”

“Hmm. I wonder?”

“Marshmallow song ara [know]?”

“Oh! I know that song.”

“I sang marshmallow with hyung earlier. Grilled marshmallow meogeosseo [ate].”

“Wow. It must have been really delicious.”

“Eomcheong mashiseo [very delicious]. Baek Dong hyung do meogeo bwasseo [have you eaten]?”

“Yeah. I’ve eaten it. It’s really amazing when you grill it when you go camping.”

“Camping moya [what is it]?”

“Huh? Ah! Siha doesn’t know camping? Camping is when you take a big car, load camping supplies, look at good places, and eat only delicious things.”

“Really?!”

“Hehehe. It’s so much fun. It’s a so-called trip. Trip.”

“!!!”

Siha seems surprised by the fact that there is such a great trip.

“Siha, do you want to go camping with hyung and me later? The cherry blossoms are blooming now, so if you go camping, kyaa!”

Baek Dong-hwan, you were a camper? No wonder you were picking herbs in the mountains.

But strangely, it doesn’t suit you…. Ahem.

“Kkochirang gyeong [with flowers].”

“Let’s be careful with the pronunciation, Siha-ya. It’s kkoch [flower]. Flower.”

“Kkot [flower].”

“Anyway, imagine lying under a tree with flowers blooming with hyung and me, spreading out a chair. Eating marshmallows. It would be so much fun, right?”

Siha’s eyes sparkled as if he imagined something.

“Camping jaemisseo [is fun]!”

Siha-ya. You haven’t gone yet.

“Euhaha. Actually, I bought a car for camping. It’s used, though. Haha!”

All the money you made last year must have gone there…….

“Siha do gago sipeo [wants to go]!”

“Really? Then let’s go camping when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom!”

“Hey! Don’t put strange wind into Siha!”

“Ah! Hyung-nim [term of respect]! Camping is gaemseong [trendy]!”

Gaemseong [being trendy] is bullshit. Siha-ya. You’ve been tricked. There’s a lot of work to do to prepare and make food.

Ah, of course, Siha just has to enjoy it.

“Hyung. Camping ga [go]. Camping.”

Baek Dong-hwan. I’ll kill you someday.